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Dear Aaron,

 

Freedom of Information Request (our reference FOI24385) 

 

We refer to your Freedom of Information request dated the 25th of August. 

 

You requested the following information: 

 

1) UCAT scores (Average, lowest and highest), and the lowest invited to
interview for the past 5 years (non contextual)
2) How you weight each component of the medical application

 

University’s Response 
 

Further to Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the “Act”) we
confirm that the information requested is held by the University of
Bristol (the “University”).

1)

UCAT Scores for
Applicants
Admission Cycle Lowest    Average    Highest
2019 1660 2605 3550
2020 1890 2700 3350
2021 1670 2765 3450
2022 1670 2785 3470
2023 1200 2850 3460

Lowest UCAT score for
applicants invited to
Interview
Row Labels Lowest
2019 2270
2020 2170
2021 2020
2022 1790
2023 1890

Notes
Numbers shown are
from standard
applications i.e.
do not include
clearing offers
Data is shown for
the following
admission cycles:
2019, 2020, 2021,
2022 and 2023
All data is for the
MB ChB Medicine
course (UCAS Code
A100)
The above tables
only include
applicants who
retained the same
course choice from
initial application
to final outcome
i.e. alternative
offers and course
changes are not
counted
Admissions Cycles
correspond to those
used by UCAS,
referring to each
approaching year of
entry, though
counts can include
deferred
applications
Offers shown are
only for those
applicants who have
retained the same
course choice i.e.
alternative offers
and course changes
are not counted
The above tables
work on admissions
cycle and not entry
year. Therefore,
deferred applicants
are counted in the
academic year they
applied in and not
the academic year
they started the
programme
UCAT scores are
recorded as
'Additional test
scores' in the form
of percentages.
Percentages are
calculated based on
maximum possible
scores for the
UCAT, different
sections of the
test are not
differently
weighted
Maximum and minimum
UCAT scores have
been converted from
percentages back to
actual scores using
a maximum score of
3600
Scores of 0 have
been removed from
the minimum UCAT
score
Interview data is
based on those that
attended an
interview.
Applicants that
were invited to
interview but did
not attend are not
included
We cannot provide
data for the 2024
admissions cycle,
as this is still
ongoing
UCAT scores have
been provided for
all applicants as
no conditions on
the data (e.g.
students with
offers) were
requested

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located [1]here. As such, this information is exempt by virtue of Section
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Kind Regards 

 

Freedom of Information Team 

University of Bristol 

To: SecOInformation Governance ([University of Bristol request email])
From: Aaron Zhou ([FOI #1166284 email])
Title: Freedom of Information request - Admission Statistics Medicine
Undergraduate
Sent: 25/08/2024 02:43

Dear University of Bristol,
I hope this reaches you well and I would like to request the following
information about the following questions regarding your undergraduate
medicine course.
1) UCAT scores (Average, lowest and highest), and the lowest invited to
interview for the past 5 years (non contextual)
2) How you weight each component of the medical application
Yours faithfully,
Aaron Zhou
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